1973 Dart Sport
Yeah I'd probably be in a much better place if I did follow that advice but that's just not my style lol. I definitely have learned the real value in keeping it simple but I'm not sure I would do much differently for this particular build. I'd wouldn't do half of it for a simple street/strip build like I originally intended but I eventually plan on taking this thing on a real track and showing it off as something unique so I wanted some bling as well. If I do another build I'm definitely not going nearly as far as i have with this one.
Threw a new breather on since the one that came with my valve covers was super restrictive. It's barely even open at the bottom. Not sure it's doing the job at WOT which is only place I seem to be having crankcase issues. This thing shouldn't have that issue and will at least rule that out. Looks good too.
Started my EFI conversion as well. Only lacking the AN hose at the moment so I got my new fuel pump and the EFI unit itself on the car. Throttle cable hooked up fine which was a relief. Skimmed the instructions and looks like I just need to hook up 4 wires and install the temp + O2 sensors to this thing ready to fire. Plumbing is going to take some work and I'll like have to place another order for fittings once I get everything in place. Gonna have to play roulette with my intake manifold fittings again. There's only one 3/8, 1/4 and 1/8 NPT fitting. The EFI sensor needs the 3/8 hole but that's currently taken by my 5/8" barb for the heater hose I have looped in from the water pump. The 1/4 NPT has my temp sensor for my gauge that I'd like to keep. I'd rather not rely on a handheld to see my coolant temp and that just leaves the 1/8 NPT for a 5/8" hose. Not the easier conversion. I'm not running a heater and don't plan to for a while so it's not really critical I just don't have a good way to plug the water pump. I'll probably get a 1/8 NPT to -6AN adapter and then step that up to a -8 AN and run some summit twist tite to the water pump. IDK if even that is going to be big enough, I may need a -10 line.
Yeah I'd probably be in a much better place if I did follow that advice but that's just not my style lol. I definitely have learned the real value in keeping it simple but I'm not sure I would do much differently for this particular build. I'd wouldn't do half of it for a simple street/strip build like I originally intended but I eventually plan on taking this thing on a real track and showing it off as something unique so I wanted some bling as well. If I do another build I'm definitely not going nearly as far as i have with this one.
Threw a new breather on since the one that came with my valve covers was super restrictive. It's barely even open at the bottom. Not sure it's doing the job at WOT which is only place I seem to be having crankcase issues. This thing shouldn't have that issue and will at least rule that out. Looks good too.
Started my EFI conversion as well. Only lacking the AN hose at the moment so I got my new fuel pump and the EFI unit itself on the car. Throttle cable hooked up fine which was a relief. Skimmed the instructions and looks like I just need to hook up 4 wires and install the temp + O2 sensors to this thing ready to fire. Plumbing is going to take some work and I'll like have to place another order for fittings once I get everything in place. Gonna have to play roulette with my intake manifold fittings again. There's only one 3/8, 1/4 and 1/8 NPT fitting. The EFI sensor needs the 3/8 hole but that's currently taken by my 5/8" barb for the heater hose I have looped in from the water pump. The 1/4 NPT has my temp sensor for my gauge that I'd like to keep. I'd rather not rely on a handheld to see my coolant temp and that just leaves the 1/8 NPT for a 5/8" hose. Not the easier conversion. I'm not running a heater and don't plan to for a while so it's not really critical I just don't have a good way to plug the water pump. I'll probably get a 1/8 NPT to -6AN adapter and then step that up to a -8 AN and run some summit twist tite to the water pump. IDK if even that is going to be big enough, I may need a -10 line.
